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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2012
Applicants:

Xiaochuan Pan, Chicago, IL (US);

Yu Zou, Naperville, IL (US);

Lifeng Yu, Rochester, MN (US);

Chien-min Kao, Wilmette, IL (US);

Martin King, Chicago, IL (US);

Maryellen Giger, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Dan Xia, Chicago, IL (US);

Howard Halpern, Chicago, IL (US);

Charles Pelizzari, Chicago, IL (US);

Emil Y. Sidky, Chicago, IL (US);

Seungryong Cho, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Xiaochuan Pan, Chicago, IL (US);

Yu Zou, Naperville, IL (US);

Lifeng Yu, Rochester, MN (US);

Chien-Min Kao, Wilmette, IL (US);

Martin King, Chicago, IL (US);

Maryellen Giger, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Dan Xia, Chicago, IL (US);

Howard Halpern, Chicago, IL (US);

Charles Pelizzari, Chicago, IL (US);

Emil Y. Sidky, Chicago, IL (US);

Seungryong Cho, Chicago, IL (US);

Assignee:

The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/5288 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/587 (2013.01); A61B 6/027 (2013.01); A61B 6/508 (2013.01); A61B 6/484 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for reconstruction of a region of interest for an object is provided. The reconstruction of the object may be based on chords which may fill a part, all, or more than all of the region of interest. Using chords for reconstruction may allow for reducing data acquired and/or processing for reconstructing a substantially exact image of the ROI. Moreover, various methodologies may be used in reconstructing the image, such as backprojection-filtration, and modified filtration backprojection.


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